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Happens quite a lot, most recently Cristiano Ronaldo, players not celebrating a goal when they score against a club that they had a particular emotional attachment to.
Always seems a bit daft when someone lashes a volley into the top corner from 30 yards then looks miserable and walks back to the half-way line. One of those things that always seems to get players a reputation for being classy, when really it's quite disrespectful to your current team-mates.
Taken to extremes, you get incidents like Roberto Baggio refusing to take a penalty for Juventus against Fiorentina.
I like Viduka's goal against Boro recently. Starting celebrating with a big grin on his face, only to stop when he realised he'd promised not to celebrate because he cared for his old team so much. Was good seeing the thought process kick in as he gracefully aborted his celebration.
Not really an issue is it? If a player has a real affection for a club/the fans of a club or even supports them and doesn't want to celebrate scoring against them, it's hardly disrespectful.